Name: Chiang Kai-shek Age: Gender: male Occupation: Director/General of the Nationalists Social Class: High class military general Financial situation: very stable and fairly high
Chiang Kai-shek
Appearance: Bold, and valiant looking, with bald hair. Very fit, with muscular outlines. Location (map): Nanking Habitual locations: Garden Daily routine: Wakes up in the early morning and exercise, than eats breakfast. He contemplates while drinking tea, and heads outside to his office. After doing the daily work and duties, he comes back home and organizes his thoughts and plans about his army. At night, he eats dinner most of the time with his partners, and have a discussion about China's future. He comes back home and talks with his family, and than have a little recreational time, than goes to sleep. Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Trait: He is very outgoing, austere, but also very motivated to change his country. Also, he's very 'modernized' because of his experience at Japan, and is comprehensive. Fluctuating, he adapts to situations very well, and acts according to his environment. Past/individual-family history: He has a very proud but sad history. His dad was a very famous salt merchant, but died of disease when he was eight. However, his strong beliefs on Confucianism has made him an upright person. He was sent to a military school when he was young, and had an arranged married at a young age. Family: He has one son, and has multiple wives. He is very generous to his family, but is always willing to have a second successor. He is a very stern father, although very benevolent. Social relations with your own and other classes (people you deal with or know about in other classes, AND your opinions and feelings about them):
He has a very serious relationship with many people. Since he is the general of the Nationalist army, he gets superfluous support from the nationalist people. However, he is abhorred and is considered as a dangerous person to the communist party in China. He understands how they feel, but doesn't agree with how people wish to keep the emperor in power when they could be corrupt, and is in the 1930s. Religion: Confucius I believe he was a Christian convert. See his wife, Soong May-ling was one. Education: He is very strongly educated in military, and have been to Japanese military schools. He is an enlightened man, who supported a new 'restoration' in China.
Diary # I: Calm Before the Storm
July 5, 1937
Dear Diary,
Today, I woke up early in the morning, and saw the sunrise as I got ready for my important meeting I have today. I ate my dumpling stew, and headed out to my office. As I was riding my bicycle, I noticed how families were having important meetings in their front yards. "I hope you don't get recruited", was the statement I heard several times before I arrived at my office. I gazed at the bright red and blue Nationalist's flag which was flapping; it made me feel uneasy for some reason. My plan of overthrowing the emperor and getting to set up a republic was being ruined by the Japanese! Yes, the Japanese declared the second Sino-Japanese War. As I was sipping on my jasmine tea, people came into the conference room. We had a very fierce discussion whether to join forces with the Communists or not; lots of them were convincing others that we should join forces. 'The Nationalists and Communists can't separately beat the industrialized Japan' is what we've concluded today in the meeting. China is currently in its worst condition to fight off these cunning samurai bastards. I'm already busy fighting off the Communists, and have been trying to get lots of support for Nationalists. When I came back home, I saw my son doing his homework. I've been trying to make my son become a brave military leader, sending him to military schools, but to think of loosing my only son during the second Sino-Japanese war just added onto my personal hatred against the Japs. Japanese has now really pushed my mind to a limit; it was disgraceful for me to think of the Communist and Nationalists to join forces! The idea of this plan really wasn't lucid for me, although it came clear when I've recalled how China was defeated in the first Sino-Japanese War. Than I decided that from today, although it might not be an easy task, will try to cooperate with the Communists to get rid of our common enemy: the sea born barbarian Japs.
Diary # 2: A Knock at the Gate
November 28, 1937
Dear Diary,
I’ve heard that the nips have entered our country. I got dressed quickly, kissed my wife good bye, and raced down the rode and started to make some strategical plans with the Communists’ generals. There was no turning back now. It was a very foggy day when I met with the general from the Communists, to finally join forces and try to push back the Japanese out. I believed that this was the day which might change China's future. The Japs have really gotten stronger, and I was afraid that China might loose just like the first Sino-Japanese war. I really wished that the emperor would step down, and the new republic will industrialize China and bring us back up to the top. Until noon, the generals and I set up the basic plan to protect Nanking, and block them from the riversides. We started to divide up our soldiers, and announced our need of soldiers. The young males started to get recruited by our lieutenants, including my son. With all my heart, I wished my son wouldn't die in the battle.
The recruitment event was very well done, and we had a fine group of men. However, just when we’ve traveled down south and started to set up for our defense between the Yangtze River and Taihu lake, several Japs have landed on the south shore near the Hangchow bay. After hearing this news, our troops were in such chaos and fear that Nanking will be devastated. However, additional troops from the north and my troops unified, and began to move back to Nanking to make the defensive croissant wall around Nanking.
Just when we’ve noticed how this war was becoming a disadvantage for us, one of the reporter named Frank Tillman, came to our base camp near Nanking, and suddenly
The weird, rude reporter named Frank Tillman
started to interview me! I understand that his job is a journalist from the almighty west, but he is very innocent. As a journalist, it was too dangerous for him to be at the war site, and to even disrupt me when I was giving command! I don’t think these westerners have any sense of manner. I still answered his questions because we wished the west might pity us and help China. Tillman wished to know the current situation of this war, and how it is going for China. Frankly, I thought he was uneducated since he had no sense of manners whatsoever, and didn’t seem to comprehend the gravity of the situation here.
After the
My most trusted general, Tang Sheng-Chih
journalists left, I was in deep worry since Japan had far better technology than us, and had better weapons. The fact that we had the Yangtze River behind us made us vulnerable to trap attacks. Nips who possessed far better guns and ammunition could corner us right between their army, and the river; I ordered the sub-generals to increase the number of soldiers as much as possible, and prepare for long-range attacks. I also commanded the stealthy spies to stay near Chintan and Ningkuo to send a message whenever he sees the japs charging. I prayed to every existing god I could think of, and wished that we wouldn’t be easily crushed. Not many could sleep during the night, since japs could attack anytime during the pitch-black times. I knew that this strategy wasn’t effective, but it was the only choice we had: There is no turning back now. I ordered my two most trusted generals Tang Sheng-Chih, and Puh Tong Chi, to fight until death for China.
Diary # 3: The Gates Come Tumbling Down
December 11, 1937
Dear Diary,
They'd finally done it. The Japs have finally trapped our army, crushed it, and began to take control of Nanjing. There were still parts of Nanjing where bombardments were happening. It was the worst nightmare for me, since I knew that China had no hope of resisting against the nips unless they change the damn government system. It was the
Air Bombardment in Nanking
most challenging war to fight, since Japs proved to be stronger than we expected, and our mass of soldiers weren't modernized enough to fight against. Moreover, this morning turned out to be the worst morning in my life. I have a messenger who comes by and updates me with recent news. Today, he informed me of the air strike near Southern Nanjing. The worst part was when he said that the air bombardments at Nanjing has killed my wife. I still remember myself throwing vases and plates, smashing them into pieces by throwing it to the wall. This was when I even thought of suicide! It was hard for me to move back to Chungking, after hearing to my wife’s death. Soong May-ling was never killed in the war, she survived well into the 1990s. She is the mother of my only son after all. Why the hell would the Nips bomb a city like that?! Than, I started to wonder whether my troops at Nanjing will get tortured or not. The Japs have already proved to me that they’re cruel and immoral. I still thought it’s was just an imagination, and people in Nanjing will escape to other places in China.
Mr.Rabe
I got ready for the ride to Chungking, when I’ve met a man named John Rabe. He told me that there was already many raping going on in Nanjing! However, I was
Safety Zone Street
eased by John’s saying, that he had a safety zone, which protected Chinese soldiers. I think he has one of the most important role in this war, protecting my soldiers from those disgusting Nips. If I happen to meet him again someday, I will have to thank him for his exceptional deeds.
When I arrived at Chungking, my generals were waiting for me, since we predicted further battles against the Japs. I had no time to spare, thus the generals and I began to set new tactics. However, it was getting late, thus I paddled my bike back home. As I was talking a bath in my jacuzzi, I wondered what happened to my generals Tang Sheng-Chih, and Puh Tong Chi. They were loyal although I was a little harsh; I should have brought them back with me to Chungking. It was getting late, thus I got out of my jacuzzi and prepared for bed. The family portrait on the wall reminded me of my wife, and I wished I could meet her again.
Diary # 4: Through the Gates into Hell
December 13, 1937
Dear Diary,
Miserable scene of Nanking
I missed my wife so much. Although I did have to prepare for later battles in the war by looking at some new tactics, I missed my wife. She was the mother to my only beloved son! My son was safe and sound, but the fact that his mother was dead still troubled me everyday. I hated the Japs more and more, and it was this morning when I decided to visit Nanjing where my wife has died. When I arrived at Nanjing, it was a disaster. Everything was bombarded, and people were lying on the grounds, pulse-less. There were about 50 bodies that I could see every time I walked. Raped women seemed to be killed, and I could see they were treated worse than slaves. I didn't expect to see this much casualties, but there were just countless numbers of bodies lying around Nanjing. Heads were displayed as some sort of a toy, and most men were headless, with some severe slashes on their body. When I tried to go into the main city, one of the men who was stuck in the pile of corpse told me not to ever go into Nanjing. He explained to me how bad the situation was, and those were his last words.
Xie Kwang
I walked through the outer rim of the town, and tried to go back to Chungking because I noticed it was very dangerous. As I sauntered down street, I heard a peculiar sound of
whips and screams from an old house. After loading my pistol, I went inside to see what was going on. I could not believe my eyes; a young female, around the early 20s, was
being raped by two Japs. The Japs seemed to be enjoying their time. I charged inside, shot the two Nips, and took the woman for medical care near my house at Chungking.
At my house, Xie Kwang told me a lot about what has been happening in Nanjing. She said that the guys are getting their heads chopped off as a sport, women are being raped like a toy, and people are degraded down to a slave level. She also drew me some pictures of how Japs were torturing the soldiers, for fun, not for gaining any information. I couldn’t believe that my soldier’s heads were being treated like a ball; Japs enjoyed to slice heads with their swords, and considered it as a sport. I told one of my soldiers to take good care of Xie Kwang, thus she can forget the memory of the incident at Chongqing.
It infuriated me to know how the Nips were being so cruel to our citizens. Is it the work of Satan? How can they even think of such acts? The pain and suffering that Nanking is suffering will be returned by our brutal victories over the next month.
Diary # 5: A Survivor
June 26th, 1946
Dear Diary,
It’s been such a long time since writing the last entry; China was disastrous these days. Now that the Japanese have surrendered, and lost everything to the Americans, I am content. Nagasaki and Hiroshima was A-bombed, and the city was obliterated. Now looking at what’s happened in Nanjing and Chongqing, I could see how cruel the Japs were compared to other countries. They deserve the damned Atomic bomb. Now I have new wives, and they’re all safe and sound. I still miss my first wife, and I wonder how she’s doing up in the Garden of Heaven. I really want to tell her about our son; he has grown so much, and he’s doing exceptionally well and is ready to take on my job.
The rape of Nanking, which I didn’t experience, turned out to be a very famous incident all-around the world. I still remember the horrific scene of Xie Kwang getting raped, and it was brutal. She did have several bruises and pulled out nails too. The statistics show that there were about 300,000 casualties; 80,000 were raped and the rest were murdered. This is quite a number of civilians, considering that it was the Japanese Imperial Army who’s done it. What quite surprised me was that there was a new sport invented by the Japs called “the contest”. The two generals held their samurai swords, and it was a contest which proved ‘who could kill faster’. This despicable act shows how the Nips don’t have a bit of heart, and are like reptiles. I than stopped to imagine a line of Chinese men decreasing in length because they were being killed by the officers, for their entertainment. I really love the Americans who have ruthlessly bombed Japan, because they do deserve it. One should reap what they’ve sown.
Final scene of Nanking
Currently, China is in real trouble, because there has been so much disputes between the Nationalists and Communists. I really don’t understand why people want Communism, when it will fail one day! I have to beat the Communists to get more supports and rebuild China’s government. The United States was a great helper, because they provided us with fresh ammunition and tools to fight off the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was America that lead us this far, and I’m confident that at this rate, we can change China. The unusual act that is troubling me right now is that some of my well trained soldiers were moving to the CPC side. The Koreans who were anti-Japanese were also strong supporters of CPC, thus it increased the size of their army by a lot. A full-scale Chinese civil war will happen soon, and I believe that this will be the last entry I’ll be able to jot down on my beloved diary.
BASIC PROFILE
Name: Chiang Kai-shek
Age:
Gender: male
Occupation: Director/General of the Nationalists
Social Class: High class military general
Financial situation: very stable and fairly high
Appearance: Bold, and valiant looking, with bald hair. Very fit, with muscular outlines.
Location (map): Nanking
Habitual locations: Garden
Daily routine: Wakes up in the early morning and exercise, than eats breakfast. He contemplates while drinking tea, and heads outside to his office. After doing the daily work and duties, he comes back home and organizes his thoughts and plans about his army. At night, he eats dinner most of the time with his partners, and have a discussion about China's future. He comes back home and talks with his family, and than have a little recreational time, than goes to sleep.
Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Trait: He is very outgoing, austere, but also very motivated to change his country. Also, he's very 'modernized' because of his experience at Japan, and is comprehensive. Fluctuating, he adapts to situations very well, and acts according to his environment.
Past/individual-family history: He has a very proud but sad history. His dad was a very famous salt merchant, but died of disease when he was eight. However, his strong beliefs on Confucianism has made him an upright person. He was sent to a military school when he was young, and had an arranged married at a young age.
Family: He has one son, and has multiple wives. He is very generous to his family, but is always willing to have a second successor. He is a very stern father, although very benevolent.
Social relations with your own and other classes (people you deal with or know about in other classes, AND your opinions and feelings about them):
He has a very serious relationship with many people. Since he is the general of the Nationalist army, he gets superfluous support from the nationalist people. However, he is abhorred and is considered as a dangerous person to the communist party in China. He understands how they feel, but doesn't agree with how people wish to keep the emperor in power when they could be corrupt, and is in the 1930s.
Religion: Confucius I believe he was a Christian convert. See his wife, Soong May-ling was one.
Education: He is very strongly educated in military, and have been to Japanese military schools. He is an enlightened man, who supported a new 'restoration' in China.
Diary # I: Calm Before the Storm
July 5, 1937Dear Diary,
Today, I woke up early in the morning, and saw the sunrise as I got ready for my important meeting I have today. I ate my dumpling stew, and headed out to my office. As I was riding my bicycle, I noticed how families were having important meetings in their front yards. "I hope you don't get recruited", was the statement I heard several times before I arrived at my office. I gazed at the bright red and blue Nationalist's flag which was flapping; it made me feel uneasy for some reason. My plan of overthrowing the emperor and getting to set up a republic was being ruined by the Japanese! Yes, the Japanese declared the second Sino-Japanese War. As I was sipping on my jasmine tea, people came into the conference room. We had a very fierce discussion whether to join forces with the Communists or not; lots of them were convincing others that we should join forces. 'The Nationalists and Communists can't separately beat the industrialized Japan' is what we've concluded today in the meeting. China is currently in its worst condition to fight off these cunning samurai bastards. I'm already busy fighting off the Communists, and have been trying to get lots of support for Nationalists. When I came back home, I saw my son doing his homework. I've been trying to make my son become a brave military leader, sending him to military schools, but to think of loosing my only son during the second Sino-Japanese war just added onto my personal hatred against the Japs. Japanese has now really pushed my mind to a limit; it was disgraceful for me to think of the Communist and Nationalists to join forces! The idea of this plan really wasn't lucid for me, although it came clear when I've recalled how China was defeated in the first Sino-Japanese War. Than I decided that from today, although it might not be an easy task, will try to cooperate with the Communists to get rid of our common enemy: the sea born barbarian Japs.
Diary # 2: A Knock at the Gate
November 28, 1937Dear Diary,
I’ve heard that the nips have entered our country. I got dressed quickly, kissed my wife good bye, and raced down the rode and started to make some strategical plans with the Communists’ generals. There was no turning back now. It was a very foggy day when I met with the general from the Communists, to finally join forces and try to push back the Japanese out. I believed that this was the day which might change China's future. The Japs have really gotten stronger, and I was afraid that China might loose just like the first Sino-Japanese war. I really wished that the emperor would step down, and the new republic will industrialize China and bring us back up to the top. Until noon, the generals and I set up the basic plan to protect Nanking, and block them from the riversides. We started to divide up our soldiers, and announced our need of soldiers. The young males started to get recruited by our lieutenants, including my son. With all my heart, I wished my son wouldn't die in the battle.
The recruitment event was very well done, and we had a fine group of men. However, just when we’ve traveled down south and started to set up for our defense between the Yangtze River and Taihu lake, several Japs have landed on the south shore near the Hangchow bay. After hearing this news, our troops were in such chaos and fear that Nanking will be devastated. However, additional troops from the north and my troops unified, and began to move back to Nanking to make the defensive croissant wall around Nanking.
Just when we’ve noticed how this war was becoming a disadvantage for us, one of the reporter named Frank Tillman, came to our base camp near Nanking, and suddenly
After the
Diary # 3: The Gates Come Tumbling Down
December 11, 1937Dear Diary,
They'd finally done it. The Japs have finally trapped our army, crushed it, and began to take control of Nanjing. There were still parts of Nanjing where bombardments were happening. It was the worst nightmare for me, since I knew that China had no hope of resisting against the nips unless they change the damn government system. It was the
I got ready for the ride to Chungking, when I’ve met a man named John Rabe. He told me that there was already many raping going on in Nanjing! However, I was
When I arrived at Chungking, my generals were waiting for me, since we predicted further battles against the Japs. I had no time to spare, thus the generals and I began to set new tactics. However, it was getting late, thus I paddled my bike back home. As I was talking a bath in my jacuzzi, I wondered what happened to my generals Tang Sheng-Chih, and Puh Tong Chi. They were loyal although I was a little harsh; I should have brought them back with me to Chungking. It was getting late, thus I got out of my jacuzzi and prepared for bed. The family portrait on the wall reminded me of my wife, and I wished I could meet her again.
Diary # 4: Through the Gates into Hell
December 13, 1937Dear Diary,
I walked through the outer rim of the town, and tried to go back to Chungking because I noticed it was very dangerous. As I sauntered down street, I heard a peculiar sound of
whips and screams from an old house. After loading my pistol, I went inside to see what was going on. I could not believe my eyes; a young female, around the early 20s, was
being raped by two Japs. The Japs seemed to be enjoying their time. I charged inside, shot the two Nips, and took the woman for medical care near my house at Chungking.
At my house, Xie Kwang told me a lot about what has been happening in Nanjing. She said that the guys are getting their heads chopped off as a sport, women are being raped like a toy, and people are degraded down to a slave level. She also drew me some pictures of how Japs were torturing the soldiers, for fun, not for gaining any information. I couldn’t believe that my soldier’s heads were being treated like a ball; Japs enjoyed to slice heads with their swords, and considered it as a sport. I told one of my soldiers to take good care of Xie Kwang, thus she can forget the memory of the incident at Chongqing.
It infuriated me to know how the Nips were being so cruel to our citizens. Is it the work of Satan? How can they even think of such acts? The pain and suffering that Nanking is suffering will be returned by our brutal victories over the next month.
Diary # 5: A Survivor
June 26th, 1946Dear Diary,
It’s been such a long time since writing the last entry; China was disastrous these days. Now that the Japanese have surrendered, and lost everything to the Americans, I am content. Nagasaki and Hiroshima was A-bombed, and the city was obliterated. Now looking at what’s happened in Nanjing and Chongqing, I could see how cruel the Japs were compared to other countries. They deserve the damned Atomic bomb. Now I have new wives, and they’re all safe and sound. I still miss my first wife, and I wonder how she’s doing up in the Garden of Heaven. I really want to tell her about our son; he has grown so much, and he’s doing exceptionally well and is ready to take on my job.
The rape of Nanking, which I didn’t experience, turned out to be a very famous incident all-around the world. I still remember the horrific scene of Xie Kwang getting raped, and it was brutal. She did have several bruises and pulled out nails too. The statistics show that there were about 300,000 casualties; 80,000 were raped and the rest were murdered. This is quite a number of civilians, considering that it was the Japanese Imperial Army who’s done it. What quite surprised me was that there was a new sport invented by the Japs called “the contest”. The two generals held their samurai swords, and it was a contest which proved ‘who could kill faster’. This despicable act shows how the Nips don’t have a bit of heart, and are like reptiles. I than stopped to imagine a line of Chinese men decreasing in length because they were being killed by the officers, for their entertainment. I really love the Americans who have ruthlessly bombed Japan, because they do deserve it. One should reap what they’ve sown.
Currently, China is in real trouble, because there has been so much disputes between the Nationalists and Communists. I really don’t understand why people want Communism, when it will fail one day! I have to beat the Communists to get more supports and rebuild China’s government. The United States was a great helper, because they provided us with fresh ammunition and tools to fight off the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was America that lead us this far, and I’m confident that at this rate, we can change China. The unusual act that is troubling me right now is that some of my well trained soldiers were moving to the CPC side. The Koreans who were anti-Japanese were also strong supporters of CPC, thus it increased the size of their army by a lot. A full-scale Chinese civil war will happen soon, and I believe that this will be the last entry I’ll be able to jot down on my beloved diary.
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